Love Madness

This poem is about thoughts I have for my new love and best friend of three years. Happy Valentine's Day!

If love could speak for you my dear Then this jumbled piece of scratch would make sense Like leftover coffee on the tongue fragrantly bitter sweet it lingers That first I love you with that cheesy howl from Can you feel the love tonight Virgin lips linger slowly like a delicate piece of glass As I kiss my friendship goodbye to the best friend of mine Three years of struggle but it feels like child's play Leftover corsages with blooms long gone by Thoughts drifting in I cannot breathe Clever dreams skating by as it all peels away like a butterfly's trappings I look into deep hazel eyes knowing it all could go to waste a jungle of alimony The clocks creaks out of tune Pulsating heart seems to leap and fade Can't find the right words to say Except that my heart bears witness I love you though I cannot see where I am The photographs are cracked and my past is not spot clean But it all fades away Like Alice in Wonderland Love's madness descends Free falling Will it last forever ?

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